Concomitant tuberculosis and metastasis in axillary lymph nodes: A diagnostic surprise

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 825-826

  Gaurav, Maheswhwari ^a   Rajgopal, Shenoy ^a   Mary, Mathew ^a   Bhavatej, Enganti ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; ULTRASOUND;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 50249113810     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2008.04666.x     Document Type: Letter

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